She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple... Maud, and Other Poems - Page 78by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 160 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her, and beat, Wore it earth in an earthy bed. My dust would hear her, and heat, Had I lain for a century dead: Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple... | |
| 1856 - 542 pages
...the rejoicing words of the lover. " She is coming, my own, my sweet ; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in...tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red." W« do not remember a garden scene in poetry that surpasses this for delicacy and beauty, and for the... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 pages
...heur,1 And the lily whispers, * 1 wait.' She is coming, my own, my sweet Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in...bed ; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain lor a ceniury dead ; Woul'i start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red." The gentle... | |
| 1855 - 724 pages
...;' And the lily whispers, ' I wait.' She is coming, my own, my sweet ; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth In...under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. Maud comes forth to meet her lover : her brother and the " new made lord" surprise them, and the tale of... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 436 pages
...In violets blue as your eyes, To the woody hollows in which we meet And the valleys of Paradise. 8. The slender acacia would not shake One long milk-bloom...tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. XXII. I. 1 THE fault was mine, the fault was mine ' — Why am I sitting here so stunn'd and still,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 180 pages
...your promise to me ; The lilies and roses were all awake, They sigh'd for the dawn and thee. 9. 8. In gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls, Queen lily...tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. XXII. 1. ' THE fault was mine, the fault was mine ' — Why am I sitting here so stunn'd and still,... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 180 pages
...and glimmer of pearls, Queen lily and rose in one ; Shine out, little head, sunning over with curb, To the flowers, and be their sun. 10. There has fallen...tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. XXII. 1. ' THE fault was mine, the fault was mine ' — Why ana I sitting here so stunn'd and still,... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1855 - 440 pages
...2 6 For every 10 words above 20 0 6 She is coming, my own, my sweet ; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in...tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. LOVE'S REVENGE. I HAVE led her home, my love, my only friend. There is none like her, none. And never... | |
| 1855 - 498 pages
...;' And the lily whispers, ' I wait.' She is coming, my own, my sweet ; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in...tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red." The Married Life of Pachel, Lady Bussett. By M. Guizot. (London, Bosworth.) This little work is a translation... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 180 pages
...The larkspur listens, ' I hear, I hear ;' And the lily whispers, ' I wait.' 1L My heart would tear her and beat, Were it earth in. an earthy bed; My...tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. XXII. 1. ' THE fault was mine, the fault was mine '— Why am I sitting here so stunn'd and still,... | |
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